Stone masons beware: An Australian engineer has developed a bricklaying robot that can lay 1,000 bricks an hour, work 24/7, and complete the shell of a brick home in just two days.
FastBrick Robotics says its robot, named Hadrian, can achieve accuracy to within 0.5mm accuracy over a large area and erect about 150 homes a year. The robot sits on the end of a long boom to execute a building plan that’s programmed into it.
According to PerthNow, a 3D computer-aided design (CAD) laying program of a house or structure is created, then the location of every brick is calculated and creates a program that is used to cut and lay the bricks in sequence from a single, fixed location. Mortar or adhesive is delivered to the robotic laying head and applied to the brick.
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